Regrets, I have a few ….

[jsfriedm]

I regret the PSA 7 T205 Mathewson that Heritage sold last December for 15K. (I think it ended up with net54 member trambo, who then sold me his PSA 6, so not a total loss). At the time I thought I would need the money for a down payment on a house, so I didn't go higher. I'm partial to the red Sweet Caporal backs - not sure when I'll see another one like that.

[trambo]

Originally Posted by jsfriedm

I regret the PSA 7 T205 Mathewson that Heritage sold last December for 15K. (I think it ended up with net54 member trambo, who then sold me his PSA 6, so not a total loss). At the time I thought I would need the money for a down payment on a house, so I didn't go higher. I'm partial to the red Sweet Caporal backs - not sure when I'll see another one like that.

I did end up w/the Mathewson and it's one of my favorite cards! Funny enough, one of my regrets comes from that same weekend when Goldin had a red Cobb PSA 8(oc) and an old holder t205 Johnson PSA 7. I wanted both but backed off the Johnson when it appeared I was going to win the Cobb. Fast forward to a few weeks ago and the same Johnson sold at Heritage for $78k (versus $18k last December!). I definitely have regrets there!

[egri]

The Hall of Famers I still need for my signed 1953 Topps project I always figured were plentiful and I could pick them up later. Since the pandemic, they've been off to the races. They aren't in unobtainable territory yet, but I will have to live with those gaps in my collection for a while. OTOH, I did pick up several cards a few years ago for prices that almost made me sick, and they're now worth several multiples of what I spent, so win some, lose some.

[Exhibitman]

What's even more surprising to me is that supply has dried up completely on some issues. I ran eBay searches today for 1920s Exhibit cards of Ruth, Gehrig, Hornsby, Cobb and Johnson. I found only a handful of cards.

[Casey2296]

My only regret is I haven't earned enough income to build the collection I want to leave to my kids. My collection is substantial but not perfect. Yet...

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

My only regret is I haven't earned enough income to build the collection I want to leave to my kids. My collection is substantial but not perfect. Yet...

That is the beauty of collecting

Hopefully your kids enjoy it

Mine do not have the same passion as I for them

[jchcollins]

Very few, because historically things I sell or get rid of fund new purchases and I look at it like well, I wouldn't have these cards here had I not sold some other ones...

But they are there, if passive. E92 Dockman Cy Young EX I bought at a show for around $500 in the early 2000's. Not even sure what I sold it for. About 2 years ago I sold a super nice PSA 5 '53 Satchel Paige before the bubble for probably less than half of what it would go for now.

As for cards I passed up, I know I walked past untold Jordan rookies at shows in the 2000's that were priced at something we would consider laughable now. But I never was into basketball, so hard to truly regret that one. As a kid at 90's shows, I saw a few nice '52 Topps Mantles at about the 5k range. But I might as well have asked my parents for a trip to the moon...

[jsfriedm]

Originally Posted by trambo

I did end up w/the Mathewson and it's one of my favorite cards! Funny enough, one of my regrets comes from that same weekend when Goldin had a red Cobb PSA 8(oc) and an old holder t205 Johnson PSA 7. I wanted both but backed off the Johnson when it appeared I was going to win the Cobb. Fast forward to a few weeks ago and the same Johnson sold at Heritage for $78k (versus $18k last December!). I definitely have regrets there!

That Johnson was very off-center though. Hard to believe it was a 7. I didn't even want to bid on it last year at 18!

[steve B]

After 40+ years?

Yeah, more regrets about not buying stuff than... well, pretty much anything else.

I've done pretty well with my hobbies, but have no plans to cash out of most of them. But then, none of my successes are in the " could have bought a really nice house" range like so many of the cards. Or the trashed Hemi Charger that I could have bought but didn't know how to tell at the time if it was for real.

Just have to be happy with the smaller successes.